La Barantine Stockbridge — Restaurant in City of Edinburgh

In the ever-changing but always interesting coterie of Stockbridge shops, set in the usual Gallic style of such artisan bakery and pop-in, sit-down, you're-in-Paris, often cramped establishments, what we were looking for was here in Raeburn Place, No.278 to be precise,👍"La Barantine." Efficiently operated by at least two girls (perhaps of The Auld Alliance) exuding the vague impression of prim but p.c. trainee head-mistresses demanding customer behaviour adherence to the lockdown-release rules ... Or Else. However, my wife and I were won over by their fare, their manners and their modus operandi. Coffee and Croissants were baked, served and duly first class. For gourmet cake lovers, their selection was lovely, varied and vast. Our bill was both as expected and delivered with charm. 💕 We shall seek to return in summer. I did look up the name and found it baffling but somehow reasonably appropriate: Vis ... No one seems sure what la Barantine means. ... It certainly is the name of an aristocratic family; also some dwelling places in France ... and...

Went this afternoon at 3:55 for a coffee (3 tables empty at least) and asked for a table. And the girl there (didn’t ask for her name) said in a very rude manner that they were really busy and weren’t taking any more clients. I asked at what time they were closing, said at 4:30 pm (35min still…) and that it didn’t matter cause they were not accepting more clients even just for a coffee. We left with no intention to go back and try ever again but if the place closes at 4:30 you serve advicing that you close at 4:30 you can say to clients that at 4:20 you’ll start gathering payments etc. but her behaviour was unnaceptable in an empty cafe place with 35’ to serve and the only intention of...

Charming little French Cafe/Patisserie in the heart of Stockbridge. The display in the window of breads and patisseries are designed to entice passers by and does exactly that. Compact on the inside but with bags of French charm. Good selection of sandwiches on the menu. Wonderful chill cabinet on the inside to with an array of perfectly made patisseries and macrons if you are still hungry after...